RV REVIEW
As standard, the Micron comes with a 100Ah lithium battery, a 200W solar panel on the roof, and a BMPRO BatteryPlus 35 power management system with Odyssey Link. The Odyssey Link sends crucial battery data to a digital display mounted in the bulkhead, just above the rear door, as well as to a smartphone app. The BatteryPlus 35, which has a 30A multi-stage AC charger, can support solar input of up to 800W through its inbuilt MPPT regular, so there’ s plenty of scope to add additional solar panels down the track.
While the prototype Micron that we checked out was fitted with torsion bar suspension, production vans have leaf-spring suspension as standard. Its fresh water supply comes from a single stoneguardprotected 95L water tank – the 12V water pump is fitted inside an external steel box mounted to a chassis rail, which will make things a little quieter inside when the pump is running!
It might be a little rig, but it is still quite nicely equipped with external features. There’ s a nearside awning, a fold-down picnic table, attractive LED taillights, a roofmounted VanTenna TV antenna to ensure you get the best possible terrestrial signal for the 24in smart TV that comes with the van, and a particularly spacious front tunnel boot.
There isn’ t a toolbox mounted to the A-frame, making room for Royal Flair to instead mount the spare wheel here. Given this van has the rear-door entry, a traditional rear bumper, where the spare wheel is often mounted, isn’ t possible. The A-frame position is a good alternative – it adds to the van’ s ball weight, sure, but ball weight is a necessary component of caravan stability, and as I towed the Micron, I really did find it to be a stable towing proposition. The unladen ball weight of our prototype van was 222kg.
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